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Articles tagged with: Fibre Optic
Ghana Government Seeks to Renegotiate Telecom Ghana Sale to Vodafone
The Government of Ghana has reviewed the recently commissioned report into the sale of a majority stake in Telecom Ghana to Vodafone and says that it accepts the reviews findings to seek a new settlement with Vodafone. more
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Brighten up - it's a new plastic optical fibre technology
It may look like little more than fishing line, but plastic optical fibre or POF promises to revolutionise high-speed last-mile communications networks. Its evolution is being aided by groundbreaking research in Europe. more
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CDMA Network Launched in Tanzania
A new network has launched in Tanzania, as Dovetel started its CDMA network in Dar-es-Salaam. The network, branded as Sasatel will expand its network in several phases over the next few years. The company is 65% owned by PME African Infrastructure Opportunities, an investment company established to invest in sub-Saharan African infrastructure and infrastructure related industries. more
Related Tags: dovetel, sasatel, cdma, dar-es-salaam, gsm, tigo, Tanzania
Tanzania starts US$840 million marine cable project
APA-Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Tanzania's efforts to set up a communication system to connect international broadband networks started with the laying of a US$600 million undersea cable in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday. more
Related Tags: eu, lte, satellite, seacom, Tanzania
Optical Firewall Aims to Clear Internet Security Bottlenecks
European researchers are developing the worldÃ's first optical firewall capable of analysing data on fibre optic networks at speeds of 40 gigabits per second. Their work promises to save the internet from the looming threat of network security bottlenecks. more
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OBSAI Forum doubles speed in Base Station RP3 standard
The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI), an industry forum established in order to create a suite of open specifications for base station architectures, has announced a doubling of the maximum data rate capability of its baseband to RF module (RP3) interface. This new higher data rate further enhances OBSAIÃ's support for emerging 4G architectures and services and also allows both existing and future RF modules to be 'daisy-chainedÃ', thereby saving cabling costs in distributed base-station deployments. more
Related Tags: base-station, driving, lte, oem, 4g
Asia-Pacific leads high-speed Internet connectivity, but wide divide prevails
The International Telecoms Union (ITU) has reported that while some Asia-Pacific economies are world leaders in information and communication technologies (ICT) where broadband access is ultra-high speed, affordable and close to ubiquitous, in most of the regionÃ's poorer countries Internet access remains limited and predominantly low-speed. A new report finds evidence that ICTs and broadband uptake foster growth and development, but the question remains as to the optimal speed that should be targeted in view of limited resources. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, sms, mobile-data, wcdma, text-messaging, rsa, rcom, mobile-broadband, itu, wimax, text-messages, hotspots
MTN South Africa Plans $185 Million Fibre Spend
MTN South Africa says that it plans to build its own fibre backbone to reduce its operational costs and cut its reliance on the increasingly unreliable landline operator, Telkom SA. With a expenditure of some R1.4 billion (US$185 million) on a 5000km fibre optic cable network in major metropolitan areas, the company aims to save some R6.3 billion (US$835 million) in operational costs over the next ten years. more
Related Tags: capex, mtn, reliance, landline, telkom, South Africa
Tanzania prepares for major survey in ICT and telecommunications
.. ICT in Tanzania is not integrated. Several institutions have fibre-optic cables, but work independently, leaving the nation to rely on satellites for communications. Until the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) fibre optic cable is more
Related Tags: ict, submarine, Tanzania
Nokia Siemens Wins Optical Backbone Contract in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and HerzegovinaÃ's BH Telecom has awarded a contract to Nokia Siemens Networks for a fibre optic network which includes Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology. Nokia Siemens NetworksÃ' DWDM network based on the SURPASS hiT 7300 platform will provide BH Telecom with a transport backbone, anticipating the future transmission volumes from the emerging data traffic. more
Related Tags: voip, mts, nokia-siemens-networks, network-management, siemens, umts, bh-telecom, Bosnia and Herzegovina